The Shadowy Shopper

The Shadowy Shopper
The original intention of travelling down to Chinatown last weekend was to take pictures of volunteers giving old folks free haircuts. However, the lighting situation did not permit much photography of my original intended subjects. Instead, I went around the rest of Chinatown looking for pictures.

I noticed this particular scene of a curious morning shopper looking through the array of knick-knacks on display in this road-side market stall. While I was snapping candid shots of her browsing through the stall contents, she decided to bend down to peer at some item that caught her eye. What caught my eye more though, was the interesting shadow she cast in the early morning sidelight!

Senior Hairdressing

Senior Hairdressing

Volunteers offer free haircuts to senior citizens on the third Sunday of every month at Chinatown in Singapore. This was the original subject I was after when I made my trip down there yesterday morning. However, the lighting under the “hairdressing tents” was not ideal for much nice photography. I ended up shooting other sights in the area instead. This is a triptych of some of the “haircut shots” I caught.

By the way, the guestblog entry for this week will be slightly delayed as I will be away from my home computer till Wednesday afternoon. Check back then for our next Guestblogger 🙂 …

“Anyone fancy a used camera?”

Anyone fancy a used camera?

This area in Singapore’s Chinatown is full of small-time road-side traders, selling a fascinating array of knick-knacks, stuffs and junk, from “precious stones and rubies” to “limited edition” porcelain and pottery.

When this particular man first started setting up his stall this morning, I could not help noticing the title of a book he laid out right at the beginning: “CAMERAS”. Eventually, bits and pieces of old camera equipment started to come out on display: from China-branded Seagull SLRs, to old Olympuses, Yashicas, and Minoltas… even a toy camera (look at the cyan-coloured one!) and a soda-pop can (in his hands) which actually turned out to be a camera in disguise!

By the way, I hope you have enjoyed the first two guestblog entries (see here and here) so far. If you are keen on having your pictures featured in my blog as a guestblog entry, do send me a contact!